congratulations

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-tjə-/, /-tjʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/
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Interjection

congratulations

  1. Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
    Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
    • 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:
      Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

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Noun

congratulations

  1. plural of congratulation

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

congratulations f

  1. plural of congratulation